Erwin Schwager collection

Identifier
irn592684
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.575.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn592684

Extent and Medium

oversize box

1

negatives,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dianne S. Schwager

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Dianne S. Schwager, daughter of Erwin Schager.

Scope and Content

Original negatives taken by Erwin Schwager (donor's father). Collection consists of 2,297 Leica photographic 35 millimeter and larger negatives primarily taken from 1932-1938, prior to Erwin's immigration to the United States. Some rolls document life around Munich, Czechoslovakia and Italy. Other rolls were shot while traveling throughout other countries in Europe and the Middle East. In October 1938, Erwin immigrated to the United States. His parents Leopold and Sabine were deported from Munich to either Riga or the 9th Fort.

Genre

  • Document
  • Negatives.
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